OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Daily reports of giant meat-processing plants closing because workers tested positive for the coronavirus have called into question whether slaughterhouses can remain virus-free. According to experts, the answer may be no. Given that the plants employ thousands of people who often work side by side carving meat, social distancing is all […]
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‘How is Tuvalu securing against COVID-19?’: a response from Funafuti
FUNAFUTI, 22 APRIL 2020 (DEVPOLICY.ORG) —There has been little written so far on Tuvalu’s response to COVID-19 both from the Government of Tuvalu and outside media outlets. Given this, we welcomed the publication of Farbotko and Kitara’s blog, ‘How is Tuvalu securing against COVID-19?’. As we are currently living Tuvalu’s response to the crisis in […]
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Warning regarding alternative COVID-19 test kits: Fiji Health Ministry
SUVA, 22 APRIL 2020 (FIJI GOVT)—The Fijian Ministry of Health and Medical Services strongly advises all health providers in Fiji to cease offering IgM/IgG rapid tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19. These tests are based on the detection of antibodies and/or antigens and they are not reliable for the acute diagnosis of COVID-19. Members of […]
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710 warship U.S sailors have fallen ill on Guam
HAGATNA, 23 APRIL 2020 (THE GUAM DAILY POST)—The number of sailors afflicted with COVID-19 from the USS Theodore Roosevelt on Guam has jumped to 710. The Navy confirmed Wednesday, 94% of the aircraft carrier’s sailors have been tested and 3,872 have shown negative results. Nine of the warship’s sailors are hospitalised at U.S. Naval Hospital […]
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Global Health Security—A Call for Taiwan’s Inclusion
The threat of emerging infectious diseases to global health and the economy, trade, and tourism has never abated. Pandemics can spread rapidly around the world because of the ease of international transportation. Among the most salient examples are the Spanish flu of 1918, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003, and the H1N1 […]
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Palauan students braving COVID challenges in Cuba
Four Palauan medical students in Cuba brave the challenges of working and studying in a foreign country during a world pandemic. The four students, Demei Yobech, Ngesmaus Hosei, Maia Siang and Lara Reklai are all medical students in different years of study in Cuba. Yobech and Hosei are in Havanna and Lara Reklai is in […]